Article Index
68 Results: Firm Management
01 June 2008
, by Dilsher Singh, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd
Keywords: "Client Account", Dishonesty, Embezzlement, "Fidelity Guarantee", "Firm Management", Fraud, "office account", "Office Management", "third party"
Record-setting fuel prices, inflation, world recession and commodity shortages which have financial impact on our day-to-day living are common headlines in newspapers today. During such times statistics reveal a sharp increase in employee fr...
01 June 2008
Keywords: Accounts, "Case Study", Embezzlement, "Firm Management", Fraud
Employee embezzlement is a growing threat to legal firms. Members should be alerted to the fact that in 2007 and 2008, there was an increase in the number of employee embezzlement cases (as reported by several legal firms to the Insurer of the Pll...
01 June 2008
Keywords: Accounts, "blank cheques", Checklists, Dishonesty, "Employee Embezzlement", "Firm Management", Fraud, "Improvement and Processes", "Office Management"
The list of questions below are non-exhaustive, they are basic safeguards that all firms should implement, if they have not already.
DO YOU:
Request for status reports periodically from your accounts staff?
Status...
01 June 2008
Keywords: Checklists, "File Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management", "Succession Planning", "Time Management"
File management takes many forms, and one important area of file management that is often overlooked is file transfers! In any firm that you work in, there are procedures for file opening, file closing, KIV systems etc because files are cons...
01 June 2008
, by Wong Li Chin and Shyamala Manoharan
Keywords: "Conflict of Interest", Conveyancing, "Engagement Management", "File Management", "Firm Management", Litigation, Technology
Conflict of interest problems rarely discriminate, they affect all law firms, regardless of the firm's size. In the December 2007 issue of Jurisk!, we addressed management of conflicts and provided you with a checklist aimed at reducing con...
01 December 2007
, by Wong Li Chin and Shyamala Manoharan
Keywords: "Client Handling", Communication, "Conflict of Interest", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
The Scene
New client coming recommended by a fellow lawyer; client is an up and coming Corporation.
The Matter
Potential new client is aggrieved over a matt...
01 December 2007
Keywords: Checklists, "Client Handling", "Conflict of Interest", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
A System
Yes
No
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Does your firm brief staff on the Conflicts Rules in the Bar Council Rulings and Legal Profession (Practice and Etiquette) Rules 1978?
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01 September 2007
Keywords: "Client Handling", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
Prepared on behalf of Chubb by Anthony E Davis and David J Elkanich, Partners, Lawyers for the Profession® Practice Group of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
No two law firms are identical; they differ in an almost infinite numbe...
01 September 2007
, by Mary LC Daniel
Keywords: "Client Handling", "Engagement Management", "Firm Management", "Office Management", "Stress Management"
“Fire Your Clients. Or Your Staff. Or Yourself” by Mary L.C. Daniel published in GPSOLO, Volume 23, No. 5, July/August 2007. Copyright © 2007 by the American Bar Association. Reprinted with permission.
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08 June 2007
Keywords: "Business Continuity", "Firm Management", "Office Management"
Does your office have a working fire alarm or smoke detectors or water sprinklers?
Does your office have working fire extinguishers?
Do you have in mind an alternative site from which your law firm can operate from in the e...
01 June 2007
Keywords: "Business Continuity", "File Management", "Firm Management", "Office Management", Technology
The key to your successful navigation of a crisis will be your people and your main goal is to get them the instructions, training and tools to be able to do the job when that unfortunate time comes.[1]
To Dos
Focus on keeping y...
01 June 2007
Keywords: "Business Continuity", "Client Handling", Communication, "File Management", "Firm Management", "Office Management"
Central to any disaster recovery is communication with the firm’s staff, clients, vendors, courts, and others who make your practice work[1].
Do you have a list of staff and their after hour contact numbers stored at your home?
...
01 June 2007
Keywords: "Business Continuity", "Firm Management", "Office Management"
You have come into work and
You find that your accounts clerk of 10 years has left his set of office keys, ID tag and letter of resignation on your table. Application for Practising Certificate is due in a month and your auditors are...
01 March 2007
, by Dan Pinnington and Dave Bilinsky
Keywords: Accounts, Billing, Finance, "Firm Management"
This article is an excerpt from the booklet: “Managing the Finances of Your Practice”, by Dan Pinnington and Dave Bilinsky, published by the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO®), 2003 (pp. 28 – 31).&n...
01 March 2007
Keywords: "Business Continuity", Communication, "Engagement Management", "Firm Management", "Limitation Period", "Office Management", "Practice Management", "Retainer Letters"
Archives
Make sure you know how long all completed files should be kept for (expiry of limitation periods), and that they are easily obtainable if necessary. Create inventories of all completed files where possible.
Business Con...
01 December 2006
Keywords: "Case Study", "Client Handling", Communication, "Engagement Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
Advocates and solicitors owe many duties to their clients, but generally do not owe duties to the public while performing their obligations to their clients. It is paramount, therefore, that an advocate and solicitor be able to disting...
01 December 2006
Keywords: "Case Study", "Client Handling", Communication, "Conflict of Interest", "Engagement Management", "Firm Management", "Practice Management"
The Facts
Michelle Law (“Law”) is a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur who’s main area of practice involves medical negligence. Sulaiman Wahab is Law’s client. While on vacation in Sipadan Island, Sabah, Encik Sulaiman ...
01 September 2006
Keywords: "Business Continuity", "File Management", "Firm Management", "Office Management", Technology
This article was prepared by AFP Consulting’s risk management team and first appeared in the Law Society Gazette, the weekly journal of the Law Society of England and Wales. It was then reprinted in “The Alexander Forbes Guide to Ri...
01 September 2006
Keywords: "Client Handling", Communication, "Conflict of Interest", Conveyancing, "Firm Management", "Land Search", "Practice Management"
DO’S
Advise the Purchaser on the terms and conditions in the SPA, including the preamble. Do not assume your client is familiar with the clauses. For example, the existence of any encumbrances on the Property.
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01 September 2006
Keywords: "Client Handling", Communication, "Complaints Handling", "Firm Management"
This article was prepared by AFP Consulting’s risk management team and first appeared in the Law Society Gazette, the weekly journal of the Law Society of England and Wales. It was then reprinted in “The Alexander Forbes Guide to...